2024 Squib Irish Inland Championships

2024 Squib Irish Inland Championships

You can tell the health of any keelboat Class by the numbers attending open events. Despite the autumn weather being expected to be cold, forty-four owners packed up their Squib keelboats and towed them to Dromineer on Lough Derg for the Irish Inland Championship. All...

2024 Squib UK Inlands

The 2024 Squib UK Inland Championships. 22 squibs made the annual pilgrimage to Rutland Water for the 2024 Squib Inland Championships last weekend. As ever the shore team did a great job in launching the fleet in the glorious Friday sunshine however there was a slight...

The Waldringfireld Cartoon Trophy 2024

The Waldringfireld Cartoon Trophy 2024

The Waldringfield SC Cartoon open meeting is the end of summer highlight here as we race for a Giles Cartoon. Saturday was summery, no wind in the morning and thus only 2 races after lunch. Lovely sailing. Autumn arrived with a bang on Sunday. Gusts of 28mph. Exciting...

From Our Foreign Correspondent

From Our Foreign Correspondent

Jeremy Camps  writes with the following update from the Malaysian Squib  Fleet Hi Everone! Many thanks for sending  the latest edition of  Squibblings,  which we all much enjoyed We recently had an event which I think is worth reporting , our visit to the other yacht...

Burnham Week 2024

Burnham Week 2024

Burnham Week 2024 Squib Class had a great turnout of 26 Boats and was by far the biggest Fleet.  We welcomed one visitor, Croc from Oulton Broads, sailed by the Jordans. The club's two fleet-owned boats were chartered out, with Ella Brown racing Hey Buoys and Liam...

2024 CHAMPIONSHIPS  ROLL OF HONOUR

2024 CHAMPIONSHIPS ROLL OF HONOUR

With a few great events still to look forward to it's a good time to check out who has been winning what this season. It's clearly been a great season for  'Team Spoof'.   Here's the Squib Open Events honours-board so far. On the UK mainland  the UK South Coast...

A Pioneering Burnham Yacht Comes Home

A Pioneering Burnham Yacht Comes Home

    Pioneering Burnham racing yacht comes home By Nick Skeens A racing yacht that helped put Burnham on the sailing map has recently been brought back to Burnham to take part in this year’s Burnham Week regatta. Wouldn’t it?, the prototype wooden version of...

Welsh Squib Week

Welsh Squib Week

  The SCYC Squib Welsh Open got underway on Sunday August 4th and the blustery conditions made for some exciting downwind action all day. Race 1. Harry VI was a little premature at the pin so Mayhem got away best,  closely followed by Bacchante. Beating through...

Squib Promotion/Coaching Project

Squib Promotion/Coaching Project

The Class has commissioned professional help to create some first-class video coaching modules on various elements of Squib-specific boat handling and tuning. Following a successful weekend filming with the Burnham fleet it is all at the editing stage and will be...

2024 Irish Nationals

2024 Irish Nationals

Howth Yacht Club welcomed 31 boats to the Provident Squib Irish Championships over the weekend of 26th – 28th July. Three boats from the UK joined the already high quality home fleet. Friday’s weather didn’t play ball and, after two abandoned races PRO Scorie Walls...

The 2024 Squib Championships

The 2024 Squib Championships

Going into the last race of the Squib Championships, two boats had dominated the racing:  Micky Wright and Alex Porteous in Spoof from the Royal Corinthian YC had 20 points and Tom Jeffcoat crewed by owner Mark Hogan in RicO'Shea from South Caernarvonshire YC had 24...

Torquay to Host the 2025 Squib Championships.

Torquay to Host the 2025 Squib Championships.

The Royal Torbay Yacht Club is hosting the 2025 Squib Championships. This promises to be another memorable event at one of the South Coast's premier yachting destinations. Check out what Torbay has to offer on and off the water in the Club's promotional...

Irish Northern Championships 2024

Irish Northern Championships 2024

The Squib Northern Championship went right down to the wire on the weekend of June 25th /26th when the far-travelled Ian Travers and Keith O’Riordan in Atomic from Kinsale Yacht Club won the final of five races to knock Dick Batt and Gordy Wright in Squib, the...

2024 Squib Championships Trophy Winners

2024 Squib Championships Trophy Winners

Who won what this year?  Here we see Micky Wright and Alex Porteous being presented with the Chris Hogan Memorial Trophy as the 2024 National Squib  Champions. This  is  the full list of Trophy winners at this year's superb NSOA Championships, so brilliantly hosted by...

2024 UK EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

2024 UK EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Micky Wright and Alex Porteous, sailing  Spoof 811, won the 2024 edition of the Squib East Coast Championship, hosted by Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, over the late May Bank Holiday weekend, 25th and 26th of May 2024. The light winds on the morning of Saturday forced...